Chapter Twelve: Our Mission to Change the World Part II

Hades' POV

I follow Omega II off the plane along with the others. We each have our packs and a kit of surveillance supplies. We're going to go find a payphone for Fang to use to call Dr. Brigid Dwyer.

After a few minutes of searching the streets, we find one. Fang takes out some quarters, picks up the phone, and puts them in. Using the number that we had gotten from Dr. Dwyer's file, Fang II calls her. She answers and with my enhanced hearing, I listen to the conversation.

"Hello? Is this someone from the CSM?" She asks right off.

"Kind of; it's Fang."

"Fang! You don't know how relieved I am to hear from you. Are you okay?"

"We're all ok. Both Flocks."

"That's great to hear. I have a couple of questions, though: Why are you calling? Where are you? How many branches have you taken out? Have you heard from the other Flock?"

"That's more than two questions."

"Well? Answer them all anyway!"

"We're in Maryland, close to your home. We've taken out over twenty branches. We called the other Flock to catch up with them a few days ago.

"I called because I was wondering if we could have dinner at your house."

"All of you?"

"No."

"Just you and me?"

"Yeah."

I can imagine what she's thinking, as can everyone else. Alone time with Fang; this is a dream come true. It really is a dream come true, except…

"What about Max? Aren't you two dating or something?"

"Well, yeah, but she doesn't mind. I'm just visiting a friend."

"Ah, okay." We can all hear the disappointment in her voice. She had really wanted those two to be broken up. She didn't want it to be dinner between two friends.

"So, can I come over for dinner?"

"Of course! I'd love to have you over for dinner, Fang. How does six o'clock sound?"

"It sounds great. I'll be there."

They both hang up and Fang turns to look at the rest of us. We all know what Dr. Dwyer was thinking: she could use this as a chance to get "Fang" to like her again and not want Max anymore.

"Good job Fang." Omega says. "She truly thought you were the original, which just shows how little they know about them.

"Now, let's go do some surveillance of her house so we know what protection she might have."

He turns towards the jeeps and gets into the first one. Fang gets into the second one, so I get in next to Omega in the first jeep. The rest pile in after us.

We drive to the street next to the one she lives on and fly up onto the house across the street from hers. Just after we land, a car pulls up and two men get out from the back. They walk up to her door, knock on it, and escort her to the car where they all get in before the driver takes them where ever she wants to go.

"I think from this action, we can say that Ari and his group were successful in their capture of Dr. Abate." Omega states. "The CSM won't be taking any chances with their top scientists. This means that after this, the third target will be the hardest, but that's what will make this fun.

"Until then, we watch to see how long they guards stay with her at her house. I'm going to guess that they only stay with her outside of the house because they came to pick her up and weren't here already. Tonight should be perfectly safe."

I nod along with the rest before taking out a pair of glasses that none of the others have. These let me see the security on a house and/or lock because I'm usually the one to break into the houses. The glasses look like sunglasses, so no one outside of our group realizes what they are.

I put them on, press a small button that looks like it's part of the design, and look at the target's house. She has slightly better security than the other house, but not by much. Her house door has a double lock that would take longer to pick, alarms on all the windows and doors and well as locks, and she has motion sensors by the chimney.

I mutter these things under my breath and everyone else nods as they hear what I'm saying. You can tell they think this isn't going to change anything, but Omega and I know better. She has better security and it looks brand new, so these people work fast and well.

Suddenly I suck in my breath, making everyone look at me. I have a few more features on these glasses and had turned on the heat sensors to see that there are three people in the house. Changing the glasses to a sensor that looks for bugs, I see bugs all over the house. There's no way we can bug the place now.

I turn to the last setting of my glasses, the signal setting. There are three signals going out of the house. One blocks all camera signals that don't know the code to break it; another blocks listening tools that don't know the code; and the last blocks all computers and other stuff like that from taking information her computer, phone, or television.

Looking at the signals, I think I know how to figure out the code for sound, but it would have to be a wire bug and not the wireless ones we like the best. These signals work better on ones without any wires at all and the older bugs can break through it better.

I sigh, take off my glasses, and turn to the others. "We have some problems…"

All of their heads snap even straighter. "What problems?"

I turn to my leader before replying. "They have signals going out to stop all bugs and information grabbers. There are also three people in there right now. They also have their own bugs placed all over the house."

"Can we use our own bugs in the house?" Slayer asks while taking out his special kit of electronic and computer supplies that allow him to do a lot.

"We might be able to work together to figure out the code so that we can get an old fashion bug into there on Fang… It'd have to have a wire and go to a box, though, but it can be one of the smaller versions and we can hide it from any detection things.

"It would take both you and me though, Slayer. I don't know how long it would take, but we could probably have it done by five."

"Get it done then. The rest of us will work on the plan for the evening. Let's get back to base." We all follow Omega to the jeeps, but this time I sit next to Slayer.

"Okay, so I got the signal saved onto my glasses and we can hook them up to a computer to use it to try and figure out the sequence and how to block it without the block being noticed."

"Yeah, that much I can do if we have the proper information. We'll have to work fast though, so we might not be able to get the code down if we don't have enough time. We'll try to find a way to block it before we go after the code. If we find the code, then that will be even better because it will make it even harder for the CSM to realize we have a bug in there."

We both continue talking about how we can do this until we get back to base and move into my room to use the best computers Itex has to offer. We work for about six hours, only taking breaks to eat and drink quickly.

We hear a knock on the door, so I go to get it. It's Omega. He walks into the room and surveys what we've done so far. It's already four o'clock.

"How's the bug coming?"

Slayer looks up from the screen. "It's ready to block and we just got the code about ten minutes ago. We're trying to input it into the bug so that it'll hide the fact that we're blocking the signal. We'll be done in about half an hour if we keep working at this pace."

I nod in agreement and then go back to the computer, my hands flying across the keyboard as I input codes so that the bug will do what we want.

Omega stays in the room and when we're done twenty minutes later, faster than we thought, he comes over to see all that we've done about three times faster than it normally would take to do this sort of thing.

"This looks very complicated. Are you both sure it'll work and keep them from knowing anything?"

"Yes, we're both 100% sure. We've been working on it for hours and it's exactly how it should be. Here's the bug." I hand Omega the small black circle with a thin wire that leads to a small box; the bug.

He nods in thanks and leaves the room. We both follow; ready to find some real food after all that work. We get into the lounge and find a table with food set up so we grab plates and get some chicken, potatoes, salad, peas, and some of everything else that there is.

Omega comes into the room a few minutes later with the rest of the group and they all grab some food and sit down with us. Omega still has the bug and it's next to him on his chair. Fang is the only one not eating because he has the dinner in about an hour and a half.

When we're all done eating, Slayer and I nabbing seconds in our hunger, Omega starts to talk. "We have the bug prepared thanks to Hades and Slayer, and it's almost time for Fang to get ready to go.

"Now's the time to go over the plan. What we're going to do is have Fang go there, eat with her, and spend a few hours there. Then, when it's time for him to go, she'll walk him to the door and most likely come out to say good night. When she closes the door, that's the signal for the rest of us to grab her from our hiding places on the porch.

"Those men inside of the house, if they're still there, will know within a few minutes that she's gone, but we'll be long gone by then. Hades, it's your job to check and see if the men are still there when we get there." I nod. "Anyone confused about the plan?" We all shake our heads. "Good.

"Fang, let's get the bug in place and you ready to go. Everyone else, get your packs together and we'll leave in ten minutes."

Slayer and I go over to Omega and Fang to help put the bug in place and then we go grab our stuff. Omega has his pack, so he's helping Fang get dressed in nicer clothes.

When we all met outside where the jeeps are, Fang is in jeans and a nice white shirt. He obviously has holes cut into the shirt for his wings, but it doesn't look like it.

Wolf turns towards the jeeps, but Omega puts a hand on his should and shakes his head. Unfurling his wings, we all realize that we're going to be flying this time. It makes sense since the Flocks don't have cars or jeeps, so she'll be expecting Fang by air.

We fly quickly and land on the roof across the street within minutes. I put on my glasses and use the heat sensor. This time I see only one person in the house. I guess she doesn't want the people to see her and Fang having dinner.

Thinking about that, I decide to check my other sensors. There are no bugs! She had them remove the bugs. The signals are still going out, but they're the same and won't be a problem.

"Two really good things. One, she's alone. Two, there are no bugs in the house at all."

Every head snaps towards me. "What about the signals?"

"Don't worry, Slayer, they're the same as before still." He sighs in relief at that.

I take off my glasses and look at my watch to see that it's almost six. I guess everyone else had noticed because Omega motions for Fang to go down and so Fang uses his wings to slow his drop down.

We all put on headphones so we can hear the bug. We hear him knocking on the door and her coming to answer it. She opens the door.

"Good evening Fang. It's so nice to see you."

"It is good to see you, Brigid."

"Come in, please come in."

We watch both of them enter the house and then jump off the roof to go down and find hiding places on the porch. We all get into hiding spots while Fang is led into the living room.

"Please, sit. Would you like anything to drink?"

"Just some water would be fine."

"Okay. I'll be right back.

"Here you go. Now, what have you been up to? I know you've been taking out branches of Itex, but what have you seen?"

"Well, we've been all over the U.S. I've seen many different life styles and cultures. The east and the west are very different. The north and the south are as well. It's been quite an experience."

"It sounds like it. It must be amazing to be able to travel around the nation, or even around the world."

"Well, you've traveled, but it is amazing to see it from the air and not just from the ground."

"True, but come, let's eat."

I guess they hadn't been in the living room, or they had food set up in there because the next hour is spent with them eating and making small talk about the CSM. After they finish, they turn on the television. I guess they turn it on at the beginning of a rerun of an episode of CSI Crime Scene Investigators. We listen to that for a while.

After it's done, they turn off the TV and start to talk again. "So, how was dinner?"

"It was delicious, thanks for making it and having me over."

"Oh, it was nothing. It's been great to see you again. I just wish you could stay longer." She has a hopeful tone and it's obvious she's hoping that her dinner made him want to stay with her.

"So do I, but we have to get going tomorrow. We don't get to stop much, but since we were in town, Max let me come here for a night while the others get some time to themselves."

"That's really nice of her." Disappointment is obvious in her voice, though it seems like she's trying to hide it the best she can.

"She's been pushing us hard lately, so she's giving us all a break. Everyone's out and about, doing their own thing tonight."

"Well, I think it's time for me to get ready for bed. Can I walk you to the door?"

"Of course."

We all snap into position because it's time to grab the target and get ready to go. The door opens and we see two shadows come out of the door.

"Well it's been a really nice time here, seeing you again."

"Yeah, it's been fun."

Those of us behind the target jump up, and I slip a hood over her head. Slayer ties her wrists together with a rope and then we both grab her as she starts to faint from the smell of the hood.

"Mission complete. Let's get her to base and call Ari and his group so that we can finish the mission together." We all follow Omega as he unfurls his wings.

Two down, one more to go.


This chapter went in ways I hadn't originally planned, but it still went the way I wanted. It was a lot of fun to write, so I hope you enjoyed it. The next chapter won't be as long as the last two have been, but that's because I'm making it the easiest capture. Usually, when you try to make certain things more secure, others become less secure, so that's what happens in the next chapter. Then, after that, I'm finally going back to the good old Flocks, though it's fun getting to write in Generation-R's pov.

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Edited: 4/4/10